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Festival

Celebrity Series Of Boston Announces: Jazz Along The Charles 2023

Source: Stephanie Janes PR
July 26, 2023

Celebrity Series of Boston opens the 2023/24 performance season with the highly anticipated return of Jazz Along the Charles—a free jazz event open to all, featuring 25 local jazz ensembles, along the Department of Conservation and Recreation’s (DCR) Charles River Esplanade. With lead sponsors the Esplanade Association and the Richard K. Lubin Family Foundation, Jazz Along the Charles takes place on Saturday, October 7 from 2-4pm (rain or shine). Attendees can experience the event at their own pace, in their ...

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Performance / Tour

World-renowned Smoke Jazz Club Kick-starts The Fall Season With Vocalist Jazzmeia Horn, Pianists Billy Childs And George Cables, And Album Release By Eddie Henderson, And More

Source: AMT Public Relations
July 24, 2023

Rated the #1 Jazz Club in New York City (Secret NYC), Smoke Jazz Club begins a new season with some heavy hitters starting with a Labor Day weekend run with the Peter Bernstein Quartet featuring Al Foster (Aug 31-Sep 3). Hailed as “2023 Record Label of the Year (Jazz Journalists Association), Smoke Sessions Records releases Eddie Henderson’s Witness to History album complemented by a four-night concert series at the club (Sep 7-10). Celebrating their Smoke Jazz Club debuts are renowned ...

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Music Industry

Oh! Jazz Adds Afro-Cuban Rhythms from La Habana

Source: Michael Ricci
July 23, 2023

Starting in July, Oh! Jazz adds a window to Afro-Cuban rhythms and the vast talent of Cuban performers in collaboration with the awarded art center Fabrica de Arte Cubano. Fábrica de Arte Cubano (FAC) is one of Havana's most important performance spaces, art galleries and a great laboratory for interdisciplinary creation, with a marked social and community focus that in 2019 was selected among the 100 Best Places in the World by Time magazine. Located in a converted cooking oil ...

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Career

World-Class Pianist Jonathan Romppel Strikes A High Note In The US Music Industry

Source: All About Jazz
July 22, 2023

Jonathan Romppel, the globally-renowned pianist and keyboardist from Germany, is making profound waves in the music industry with his imminent move to the United States to work alongside internationally renowned artists, producers, and bands for leading roles in high-profile music productions in the United States, underscoring the fact that he is one of the most in-demand artists working today. The list of distinguished U.S. artists that have hired Jonathan Romppel include Noah Hubbell, the noted music producer of Igloo Studios ...

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Recording

‘Raymond Scott Reimagined,’ The Unprecedented Musical Journey Featuring Quartet San Francisco, Gordon Goodwin & Take 6 Is Available Now

Source: 1888 Media
July 21, 2023

Violinjazz Recordings, the label of acclaimed Grammy-nominated musician Jeremy Cohen, principal violinist and founder of Classical Crossover specialists Quartet San Francisco, has announced the release of ‘Raymond Scott Reimagined,’ an unprecedented new collaboration teaming Quartet San Francisco with accomplished Grammy/Emmy Award-winning composer/producer/arranger Gordon Goodwin and revered Grammy-winning a cappella group Take 6. The thrilling 14-track collection, which includes Goodwin’s fresh arrangements of eight Scott classics, including mainstays “Powerhouse,” “Twilight in Turkey,” “Huckleberry Duck,” “The Quintette Goes to a Dance” and ...

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Music Industry

Ronald Wayne Releases 'New Keys Old Keys Ep 1 Vol 1'--Single 'Hotter Than The Sun'

Source: Ronald Wayne
July 20, 2023

American musician, composer, and song writer Ronald Wayne will present another instrumental smooth jazz release—this time more traditional jazz. With already several releases out this year Ronald has both an EP and a single for jazz enthusiasts to enjoy. His new release New Keys Old Keys Ep 1 Vol 1 and “Hotter Than the Sun” will kick off the second half of the year of monthly nonstop smooth jazz music releases. including an You can join Ronald Wayne on this ...

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Recording

Sun Ra Arkestra Veteran Drummer Wayne Smith, Jr. Releases 'Be Still,' A Powerful Venture In Emotion And Tranquility

Source: Outside in Music
July 19, 2023

Wayne Smith Jr. is a drummer, composer, and educator with a multifaceted palette of soundscapes and genres at his disposal. Having toured across three continents, performed throughout the New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. music scenes, and currently working as a staple member of the legendary Sun Ra Arkestra, Smith’s accolades rightly herald his abilities as a master craftsman of the drum set. Described as an “inventive drummer who displays an in-depth musical consciousness,” and who is “willing to embrace ...

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Performance / Tour

German Keyboardist And Pianist Jonathan Romppel Tapped To Perform With Esteemed Artists For High-profile U.s. Concert Series

Source: All About Jazz
July 18, 2023

Renowned German pianist and keyboardist, Jonathan Romppel, has been enlisted by an array of renowned artists and bands for multiple high-profile concert series in prominent music venues across the United States. Romppel, whose flawless technique and genre-crossing style have made him highly sought after in international music circles, is now set to work with a star-studded roster of artists who have hired him to be the lead pianist/keyboardist of their bands. These include L.A.-based Aimee Vant, whose discography includes the ...

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